28 Jan '10

“Hell, it good to have Mad Men back, dodgy flashbacks notwithstanding. And there’s enough in this series three opener to get you squirming with excitement.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“The worry with a series such as Mad Men is that it will somehow lose it; that it’s so good, so distinctive, it will rest on its laurels and become indulgent. But Matthew Weiner, its creator, obviously keeps a tight grip.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

“What will make it a pleasure to come back – rather than the empty narrative-dependency that some long-running series contrive – are all the things that fill in the bare bones of the plot line.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“They gave a video camera to a bunch of chimpanzees… It’s almost as if they didn’t really know what they were doing, didn’t even know they were making a movie.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Giving [chimps] a camcorder to make their own video diaries is an investigational cul-de-sac.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“It isn’t Mad Men, but Desperate Housewives retains a winningly bitter aftertaste to its camp froth.”
Tim Teeman, The Times

“A patchwork view of history, instead of the simple, black and white one – more confusing but ultimately more true.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“It’s a testament to his fairness of spirit that he emerged from it all believing in ghosts. I’d just believe that someone had it in for me.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express